Non-refillable bottle.



V. E. TOWNSEND.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.2I, 1914.

1,142,739. Patented June 8, 1915.

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VELDA E. TOWNSEND, or LIVINGSTON MANOR, NEW YORK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

Application filed September 21, 1914. Serial No. 862,759.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VELDA E. TOWNSEND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Livingston Manor, in the county of Sullivan and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and has for its primary object to provide a bottle of this character from which the original contents cannot be readily removed and the bottle refilled without detection.

The invention contemplates the provision of a weakened portion in the neck of the bottle, and an object of the invention is to provide a stopper for the neck which will prevent particles of glass from falling in the bottle when the neck is broken at the weakened portion to remove the contents of the bottle.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a bottle showing the improvement applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4L is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the body portion of a bottle, and 2 the neck thereof. At a suitable distance above the body portion, the neck is weakened by cutting or otherwise forming an annular groove 3 therein. The opening of the neck 2 has formed therein, a suitable distance above the groove 3, a plurality of lugs 4, and a slight distance below the groove, the opening in the neck is reduced, and formed in said reduced portion, near the top thereof, are a plurality of lugs 5. Near the bottom of the reduced opening are formed a pair of cross bars 6.

The bottle structure just described is adapted to be filled to a level with the bars 6; a disk of rubber or other flexible material 7 is then inserted in the bottle neck to rest in the reduced portion of the neck and on the bars 6, the lugs 5 preventing the disk from becoming disengaged with the reduced its connection therewith, a flange formed on portion in the handling of the bottle. A second disk 8 of any desired material is inserted in the neck, and is adapted to rest on the lugs 4. Solder, lead, or other similar material 9 is then poured on the disk 8, and

a cap 10 is applied to the top of the bottle and secured in such position by means of a knob 11, on a fastening member 12 which is suitably connected to the cap, being embedded in the material 9.

When it is desired to empty the contents of the bottle, the neck is given a sharp blow, which will cause the same to break at the weakened portion3. Any particles of glass will be caught by the disk 7 and be prevented from becoming mixed with the contents of the bottle. The disk is then removed and the bottle emptied.

It will be noticed that since the bottle is effectually sealed at the other portion of the neck, it is necessary to break the neck in order to remove the contents of the bottle, and having broken the neck the bottle will be rendered useless for further service, thus preventing unscrupulous persons from reusing the same in its original shape.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying draw-' ings, the advantages of the construction and of the methods of operation it will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principal operation of the invention together with'the device which I now consider to be thebest embodiment thereof, I desire to have it under'stood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the claim.

I claim v A bottle including a neck portion, said neck having a weakened portion adjacent said bottle and projecting into said neck, the upper face of said flange being spaced below said weakened portion, a movable disk arranged in said neck portion, and operating adjacent the inner face of said flange, means extending transversely of said flange for supporting said disk, lugs carried by said flange for limiting the movement ofsaid disk, other lugs carried by said neck above said weakened portion, a second disk no I seated on said second mentionedlug's, said while such material is in its melted state, i

second mentioned disk engaging the inner In testimony whereof Iaffix my singature face of 1said dneck, (2i stopper arranged in in presence of tWo Witnesses.

said nec: an seate on said second men- T tioned disk, a fastening member mounted VELDA EQWNSED Within said stopper, and a cap carried by Witnesses.

said stopper and overlying the upper end LILLIE WORTMAN,

of said neck for the purpose specified. CLA DE REYNOLDS.

G'opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addzessin g the r Commissioner of latentso Washington, D. 0. 

